Speaking onstage at The Mandalorian and Grogu UK Fan Event last Thursday on Leicester Square in London, Kathleen Kennedy took to the stage to discuss the film, her director Jon Favreau, his innovative approach (which she compared to George Lucas) and the work of ILM, which she praises highly.
“It’s entirely on a different level, and I think that’s what excited us when we realized that we had the opportunity to put this on the big screen, and now we get to put it on IMAX, which makes it even bigger.
And I think that we knew as we were creating the series that there was a real opportunity to expand this in a way that we couldn’t even imagine, and we pulled together some of the most incredible people inside of ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, who has done all the Star Wars movies. They have done extraordinary work.
And I think what I’ve been so amazed at in working with Jon is that he is incredibly innovative in terms of taking technology and cinema and moving into the next level, much like what George Lucas did. And I think that’s what you’ll see with this movie, is it deserves, and needed, to be on the big screen, and it is, and it’s extraordinary.”
For more from Kathleen, check out the 237th and final issue of Star Wars Insider magazine for my interview with her (her last ever interview as Lucasfilm president), keep your eye on ILM.com for coverage of The Mandalorian and Grogu, and remember; she may no longer be the president of Lucasfilm, but she is the producer of The Mandalorian and Grogu, Ahsoka season 2 and Star Wars: Starfighter, so she’ll be in and around the GFFA for some time to come.
